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WHUS52 KKEY 041954
SMWKEY
GMZ032-035-044-042045-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0017.250504T1954Z-250504T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
354 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 354 PM EDT, A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED NEAR TOPTREE HAMMOCK KEY.
THE WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, LITTLE PINE KEY, NEWFOUND HARBOR, HORSESHOE
KEY, LITTLE KNOCKEMDOWN KEY, AND WATER KEYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2476 8119 2469 8127 2468 8131 2470 8132
2471 8134 2469 8132 2467 8134 2472 8137
2474 8140 2470 8139 2466 8137 2466 8135
2465 8139 2469 8140 2465 8140 2463 8144
2464 8145 2472 8151 2478 8144 2486 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 213DEG 2KT 2469 8143
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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